I recently started on Atripla and was trying to understand how it works and potential long term effects. So as I understand it (and I'm not a microbiologist by any stretch) the main purpose of the Sustiva in Atripla is to inhibit the reverse...

...that have shown improvement in lipohypertrophy when protease inhibitors (Kaletra in your case) are switched for non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs). If you have been on treatment with this class in the past and have virus...
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...Combivir (combination of 2 nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors) is zidovudine (AZT) + lamivudine (3TC) which is different than ritonavir (Norvir) which is a protease inhibitor. KH
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...is metabolized by the cytochrome P450 liver enzyme CYP3A4, the enzyme responsible for metabolizing the other non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors as well as the protease inhibitors. Other NNRTIs and protease inhibitors have not been...
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Labs of last year have shown a vload range between <400 and 793, with <400 being most recent; CD4 percentage range from 31% to 34%, with 33% being most recent. Taking only Viramune and Combivir -a test has recently shown resistance to...
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...Pharmaceuticals announced that it will be ending the sale and distribution of Hivid (zalcitabine, also known as ddC), a nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI) originally approved in 1992. The tablets will not be available in U.S....
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Hi im Coco from nyc I though the benefit or getting tested its to find out the virus in a early time so u can get a good treatment that prolong ur life in a better condition, i got my first results a month ago and i got CD4:276 and VL: 3616, so my...
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...in J&J's HIV franchise, which aims to combat HIV drug resistance Prezista will be followed by TMC125, a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor typically used in combination with other drugs expected to be launched in late 2008. That...
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